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title: "Cloning and Import problems."
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/DLP/298352920/Cloning%20and%20Import%20problems."
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> Macro (aura-html)


Exception when trying to create JIRA issue project key

The most common reason for the cloning/import process to fail is related to **Jira Field Configuration. **

<span style="color: #003366">**The "Required" fields must be changed to "Optional" when the App is cloning/importing the program.**</span>

Keep in mind the change of the Field Configuration scheme has to be applied to the target Jira project (the project issues get copied to). 

![image](media://841e417c-b025-4bef-8edf-d9a41d14ce60)

<span style="color: #003366">We recommend creating a temporary scheme instead of changing an existing one. This way, other projects will not be affected. Then, when needed, you apply a "temporary" configuration to a project instead of changing an existing configuration (many projects may use that) to minimize the impact.</span>

![image](media://26ac4260-ebed-407a-a33b-433bf7c08256)

<span style="color: #003366">To make things easier, you may copy an existing configuration:</span>

![View-Field-Configurations-partyzant2 (2).png](media://424edf52-a8b6-4609-be80-ed95e52d548d)

<span style="color: #000000">Name it to make things clear for other users:</span>

![Copy-Field-Configuration-partyzant2.png](media://16fe6b43-ee93-4c1c-80c2-6eb9a3e84b33)

<span style="color: #000000">Click on the field configuration name and change all items to </span><span style="color: #000000">**"optional"**</span><span style="color: #000000"> within it:</span>

![View-Field-Configurations-partyzant2 (1).png](media://57625c97-145d-4b66-aa9e-c49f1f54f098)

![image](media://87094fa5-dec5-4f61-9263-4562ad378888)

<span style="color: #000000">Add a new field configuration scheme:</span>

![image](media://5b7fdb15-a4d1-4387-abb1-5087c043fa58)

![image](media://e391940e-d317-48a5-b28e-8ca547cdacdd)

<span style="color: #000000">Make sure that the correct field configuration is associated with the scheme:</span>

![image](media://f1b6a821-9d65-40f9-ab0d-67eb523ea129)

![image](media://5e3aeb3e-0e08-4b3d-bf3f-423ddcb57868)

![image](media://3ba835ec-e81a-4021-93e0-e16d4079cc50)

<span style="color: #000000">Go to the Jira project that is added to the Box scope (the project Jira issues will be copied to):</span>

![image](media://23ad2672-f1ec-4145-9a66-24697003b5a2)

<span style="color: #000000">Find the field configuration:</span>

![image](media://47cdd0d5-a905-41d1-8814-383c0d3740f5)

<span style="color: #000000">Change the scheme:</span>

![image](media://4d3582a2-cce9-4a3f-af00-ead6fc9ea31f)

![image](media://91190a39-9a13-4405-bf50-c983c912e7e4)

You can proceed with the cloning after changing the Field Configuration.